KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Emmy Award-Winning Journalist Known for Being Detained in North Korea; " Co-Author of "Somewhere Inside: One Sister’s Captivity in North Korea and the Other’s Fight to Bring Her Home"

Co-Founder of The Very Asian Foundation; Peabody Award-Winning Journalist

Performing Artist, Writer, Educator & Community Worker

Expert on Race, Immigration & Mass Incarceration; Author, Professor of History, African American Studies & Urban Planning at UCLA

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Strategist and Consultant; Trans Rights Activist

Sociologist, Author & Professor of Sociology; Academic Director, National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity; Podcast Co-Host, "Professor-ing"

Storyteller; Sustainability, Fashion, Environment & Social Justice Advocate

Best-Selling Author, Higher Education Leadership & Race Relations Expert, President Emerita of Spelman College

Author, Attorney, Political Commentator, Health & Education Advocate; Youngest African American Elected Official in the U.S.

Author of "Beautiful Country: A Memoir of An Undocumented Childhood"

Award-Winning Author of "Beyond Your Bubble: How to Connect Across the Political Divide" and "Facing The Fracture: How to Navigate the Challenges of Living in a Divided Nation"; Professor of Counseling Psychology & Associate Dean for DEI

Founder of Teach and Transform; Anti-Bias and Anti-Racist Educator & Author

Civil Rights Attorney; Founder of Justice for Migrant Women; Gender Equity & Workplace Sexual Violence Expert

New York City Councilman, Member of "The Exonerated Five" & Advocate for Police Reform; Author, "Better, Not Bitter"

Social Justice Scholar & Author of "Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools"

Author & Civil Rights Historian; Founder of The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research & Education Institute

Writer, Activist & Entrepreneur; Award-Winning Author of "The Wake Up"; Co-Founder & CEO of Awaken

Transgender Model, Activist & Artist; Director of the Award-Winning Film "The Beauty of Being Deaf"

Professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University & Co- Founder of Stop AAPI Hate

Multi-Racial Civil Rights Activist; Co-Executive Director of Chinese for Affirmative Action; Co-Founder of Stop AAPI Hate